Mon 29 September 2025 15:10, UK

Max Aarons was the Rangers hero during the 2-1 victory over Livingston on Sunday.

With the score level heading into stoppage time, Aarons emphatically smashed home from a corner to give Rangers their first Scottish Premiership win of the season.

Aarons was sent off in the 6-0 demolition to Club Brugge in the second leg of the Champions League play-offs on 27 August, and has failed to regain a starting spot in the team ever since.

Aarons has come under scrutiny since he moved to Ibrox on loan from Bournemouth, yet his match-winning goal could spur him on to play a big part in Rangers’ season again.

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Aarons had initially been used at left-back, a role which he had never played before during his career, and that contributed to his poor start at Rangers.

After the match against Livingston, Aarons has spoken about how he has reflected on the costly moment against Club Brugge.

He said: “Yeah, no one was more disappointed than myself with that. I’ve never been sent off in my career.

“A moment like that, a lapse in concentration, was extremely disappointing for me, especially in a crucial game like that.”

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